CIS 481: Paral&Distr Sftware Syst - spring

Pre-Requisites: CIS 280, 370; C or Better

General Education requirement: Natural Science Technology

Concepts and techniques for parallel and distributed software systems. The course examines concurrent programming models and the design of mission-critical software systems. Topics include the relationship between concurrency and distributed processing, shared-memory and message-passing paradigms, and contemporary standards for building reliable and high-performance systems. Implementation challenges such as synchronization, communication overhead, and system scalability are also addressed.